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[email protected] · February 28th 11, 11:38 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article 01cbd786$8537b080$LocalHost@default, (Michael
R N Dolbear) wrote:

wrote

I bought an NXEA version today to go to Heathrow to meet my aged
mother returning from afar.

It worked fine on NR and on LU at Tottenham Hale and Heathrow T5. But
at Putney (SWT) it was rejected with code 122. I queried this with
staff who said "it's Super Off Peak", at which point I recalled a
similar problem in the past at Putney. As a result of the hassle I
missed a train and was over half an hour later home to Cambridge.

Before I complain to SWT for crap programming of their ticket gates
whose fault is this actually likely to be - theirs or NXEA's?

It's not clear what SWT restriction on SOP tickets that refusing entry
at a Putney barrier was trying to enforce.

Surely this cannot have been before 11 am ?

Precisely! It was at 17:18 on a Sunday.

They told it was because it was a Super Off-Peak ticket, both this time
and once before. I don't know what code 122 means. Does anyone here?

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Colin Rosenstiel